3.0.0 1603 2023-01-11T13:18:09Z 2023-01-11T13:18:09Z Senate S S 2009-08-06 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-08-06T18:55:17Z Help Student Soldiers Act 111 2561 HR 2009-10-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. Related bill CRS VETS Act of 2009 111 2456 HR 2009-10-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. Identical bill CRS 2009-08-06 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2009-08-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2010-02-24 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2010-07-19 False Education Education programs funding Government lending and loan guarantees Higher education Military personnel and dependents Student aid and college costs Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Education 00 2009-08-06 Introduced in Senate 2009-09-24T19:26:42Z Veterans Education Tuition Support Act of 2009 or the VETS Act of 2009 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to refund to students the tuition and fees paid for education they will not receive due to their withdrawal from school to serve in the Armed Forces.

Waives the application of any requirement that students return title IV funds upon withdrawing from school to students whose withdrawal is necessitated by service in the Armed Forces.

Provides loan forgiveness under the Federal Family Education Loan, Direct Loan, and Perkins Loan programs to students whose withdrawal from school is necessitated by service in the Armed Forces.

]]> Veterans Education Tuition Support Act of 2009 Display Title Veterans Education Tuition Support Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend section 484B of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for tuition reimbursement and loan forgiveness to students who withdraw from an institution of higher education to serve in the uniformed services, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Education Tuition Support Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced VETS Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-08-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1603is/xml/BILLS-111s1603is.xml 2009-08-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.